– Sander Alsema has made a new game for the Commodore C64 and it's called WISEGUYS. Some Wiseguys have kidnapped your girlfriend and demand a large sum of money for her safe return. Unfortunately you don't have a large sum of money, but what you do have is a Tommygun. Armed with this you decide to face those gangsters and attempt to free your girlfriend. You can shoot at whatever pops up behind the windows. These could be Wiseguys, medikits, ammobox's, powerguns, explosives or even your girlfriend! Just be careful not to harm your girlfriend. Sander would love to know your opinion, his e-mail address is in the game (Read the rules)Click here

– With the addition of 5 more games the total has reached the 100 games. The latest games are: The Push, made by Anthony Burns. You have to go deep into enemy territory to blow op bunkers. Art Thief is made by Andrew Fisher and Wayne Womersley. You have to steal valuables, but beware of the security guards. Spy Academy is also made by Andrew Fisher and Wayne Womersley. This time after a training course you have to fight the enemy. Planet of the Balls, made by Andrew Fisher, is a Shoot 'm Up game. Nyaaaah! 11 is the final version of the Nyaaaah series and was made by Richard Bayliss.Click here

– A C64 emulator is developed for the iPhone, but it was rejected by Apple. At the moment developer Manomio is working hard to iron out the kinks with Apple's approval system. Read all the details on the Pocket Gamers web page.Click here

– SVS-Calc 1.0 is a spreadsheet system for the Plus/4. The program is written by Valentino and gives you an intuitive interface, powerful calculation engine, graphics generator, color themes, and much more. You can download the spreadsheet program from the Plus/4 World web page.Click here

– Dr.Hirudo (Ventzislav Tzvetkov) released a puzzle game for the Commodore C64 called MazezaM. In the game you enter the mazezam on the left and you have to get to the exit on the right. To solve the puzzle you have to push rows of blocks left and right. If you get stuck you can retry the mazezam, but this will cost you a life. You can play this game with the keyboard or a joystick. There is also a verion of Mazezam for the Amiga, Apple II, Gameboy, Oric Atmos and the Sinclair.Click here

– A new version of the Amiga emulator is now available. In this release the following new features: Added disk image and configuration file icons, file extension association improved. Added button/key toggle mode to Input panel. Also a number of bugs were fixed such as the Magic mouse and the Gzip decompression. For more details visit the WinUAE web page.Click here

– Johan Van den Brande wrote a Twitter client for the Commodore C64. To connect to the internet he uses a MMC replay cartridge with the RR-net option. The Twitter program runs on the C64 with the help of the Contiki operating system. If you don't have an MMC replay cartridge with RR-net, you can use the VICE emulator.Click here

– Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of his web browser for the Amiga. In this new version: Fixed the progress bar and several cookie bugs. Implemented HTTP authentication. Added support for scrolling with space and backspace, ToolType DOWNLOADDIR, ToolType DISABLEGIFANIMS and Accept-Language. Updated SplashLauncher to version 1.3. Added new toolbar images and updated scripts from Martin Merz.Click here

– Akop Karapetyan released the VICE emulator for the Sony PlayStation Portable. A virtual keyboard is included in this version of VICE. The emulator and the source code can be downloaded from Akop's web page.Click here

– GenesisPlus is very compatible and accurate Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator. Thanks to the emulator, the Sega consoles only games like Ristar, Sonic The Hedgehog, Streets of Rage can be played on the Amiga. The emulator features full-screen support, Amiga Joystick recognition, automatic recognition of cartridge type, automatic decompression of zip compressed cartridges, turbo mode and save states support.Click here

– Robert Hurst released another new game for the Commodore VIC-20. This time he made a sequel to Bally-Midway's Omega Race. An arcade-style space shooter making use of Roberts VIC Software Sprite Stack – 4th edition. Included with the games are the source-code, documentation to the story line and game instructions. To play the game you need a VIC-20 with a 16 kByte memory expansion or the VICE emulator.Click here

– Cloanto has released a new package called C64 Forever. Many people will know Cloanto from the Amiga Forever series, and now they made the step towards the Commodore 8-bit machines. C64 Forever is a complete emulator package included many games and demos. Some of the features are: PET / CBM, VIC-20, Plus/4, C64 and C128 emulation. 200 pre-installed games and demos. Database with info about 5000 C64 games. RP2 support. Auto update for the emulator.Click here

– AMIGIFT is a peer-to-peer filesharing application which can connect to several networks at once by using plug-ins. This is a 100% AmigaOS native application with a full-featured Graphical User Interface. The requirements for AMIGIFT are: Amiga OS3.0 or higher, 68020 CPU (68060 is prefered), 32 MByte RAM, 8 MBytes hard disk space.Click here

– The Csabo's graphics editor has been updated to V0.64. This program can be used to make images or logos for the Plus/4 on a PC (Windows). In this version: Preview window added. Screen update optimization for faster performance. PRG file import and export works better, saves extra color information like Multi-Botticelli. A few minor bugfixes.Click here

– Jim Brain is working with Mark Fellows to finalize a licensing agreement for JiffyDOS. Next to the hardware ROM Jim Brain will also offer a software version for the 1541 Ultimate, C64DTV and the emulators. Jim is working on a flash ROM adaptor with JiffyDOS that can replace the EPROMs in the computer and disk drive.Click here

– A new version of the Plus/4 emulator is available. In this version the following changes: SID card DigiBlaster (8bit DAC) support. Immediate exit on pressing F12 now optional. Separate version for Win9x / NT machines. Occasional GCR data corruption problem fixed. The new version can be downloaded from Attila's web page.Click here

– Another 200 intros are added to the C64 intros database. A few examples of the groups are: Accuracy, Best Cracking Team, DWI, Navy Seals, Offence, Paragon, Remember, Success+Ruling Company, Unicess, Vision, Xentrix and many more. Besides the new intros there also many intros updated. The total of intros is now 4200.Click here

– Jsaily released JiffyDOS for the 1541-III. Jsaily has been working on it for a couple of weeks with the help of Jan Derogee, Unseen and 1570. There is now a beta-version available for testing, and if you find and bug please send in a bug report.Click here

– Wilfred Bos released an update of his SID player. In version 3.01 the following bugs were removed: Some machines the index file wasn't created correctly. Indexing of folder with a few SIDs is fixed. Seek speed isn't dependent anymore on fast forward limitation. STIL and SLDB info are now working for files outside HVSC. Minimal horizontal width isn't locked to previous width anymore. Improvements: STIL window can always be opened now and doesn't close automatically anymore. Improved handling of SLDB entries. Changed a few keyboard short cuts.Click here

– Claws Mail is an email client based on GTK+. Besides an email program it also has plug-ins, like a calender or a RSS system. The supported protocols are POP3, SMTP and SSL/TLSv1. If you want to use the program you have to install AmiCygnix v1.0 (or higher) first. Claws Mail and AmiCygnix can be downloaded from the OS4 depot.Click here

– If you want to know what Jeri Ellsworth (Circuit Girl) is doing these days take a look at her web page. Together with George Sanger (FatMan) they make videos about al kinds of electronic stuf they develop. Take a look at Jeri's Flip-Wristwatch. It looks good, but it's not very practical.Click here

– Mat Corne found 5 games on disk, which he made in 1990. The games are now available at the seuckvault web page. The games are: Invade Iraq, inspired on the arcade game Cabal. Resque Mission, a straightforward shooter. Starforce, a shooter in the style of R-Type. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Leonardo and Raphael. Traffic Cop, were you have to shoot the bad guys from your police car.Click here

– Many games for the Amiga can not be used with a hard disk. The WHDLoad web page fixes these games, and makes them compatible with a hard disk. With this update there are 6 new, and 17 improved games available. The new games are: MegaBlast, Super Skweek, Dragon Tales, Star Command, Discovery: In the steps of Columbus and Penthouse Hot Numbers Deluxe.Click here

– The Mini Game Compo is a competition for game makers. There are three categories: 1k, 2k and 4k games. The games must run on a retro computer, for example the Commodore C64, Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum, MSX, ORIC and many others. For the Commodore C64, Container by Charles Grey and Square Hunter by Richard Bayliss are in the competition.Click here

Come to the ACU Party in IJmuiden. At sunday may 17th there's a lot to do and seeabout Amiga, Commodore and Unix at the Buurtcentrum de Spil, Frans Halsstraat 29, 1971VZ IJmuiden, Holland.We start at 10:00 o'clock till 16:00 and there is a Megaball and Arkanoid game competition, Unix on theAmiga, information about emulation and repair and lots more. You can take your own Commodore and/orAmiga with you. Entrance is for free!

– Wilfred Bos released a new version (3.00) of ACID 64. With this new version the name has change to ACID 64 Player Pro and is now only available for HardSID devices. In this version: Fast incremental SID file search on title, author, year and publisher fields. Search through SID tunes via slider bar. Digital clock. Scroll wheel support. Anonymous usage statistics. Tree view of folders improved. SidID search in properties menu is done in background now to access dialog faster. Emulation and Keyboard navigation improvements. Many small improvements and fixes.Click here

– This is a new-old puzzle game for the Commodore C64. The game was written by Craig Galley, David Whittaker made the music and the graphics are from David Crummack. The game is actually 20 years old, but was never officially released. You can download the game from the Games That Werent web page.Click here

– Jakub Bednarski released new firmware for the minimig. The new features are: Improved compatibility. Support for 2 floppy drives. Hard disk emulation for the ARM mini-board. 28 MHz CPU turbo mode. Fast blitter mode. PAL and NTSC mode selection via OSD menu. support for 2 MB of Chip and 1.5 MB of Slow RAM. Scan-line emulation effect. Jakub also made an article about expanding the RAM of the minimig with 1 Mbyte.Click here

– On the Commodore16.com web page you can now download 4 pdf's about programming BASIC on the C16 and Plus/4. In these pdf's the following articles are included: Slow and Fast, Restore key, Window Command, Screen Codes / TED Text modes, Default and your own Character Set, Escape codes, ROM, Kernal jump table, 3-plus-1 and TedMon.Click here

– There is an update of JITT64 available, you can read the details on the JITT64 web page. Java Ice Team Tracker 64 is a java based music tracker (editor) for creating music for SID chip of Commodore 64. Instruments are totally based onto tables for full control of sound generation.Click here

– Per Håkan Sundell released a new version of his Commodore 64 emulator. In version 3.7 the following is changed: The cursor up / left are now emulated with SHIFT down / right. Number of joystick is now 16 and auto fire can be switched off. Via the Joystick Calibration screen almost any joystick can be mapped. Sprites in the side border with NTSC is now fixed. You can download the latest version of CCS64 on Per's web page.Click here

– A new update of the High Voltage SID Collection is available. In this update: 678 New SIDs, 59 Fixed, 482 SID credit fixes, 135 SID model/clock infos, 25 Tunes identified, 47 Tunes moved to the correct directories. You can download the update (4 MByte) or the whole collection (68 MByte).Click here

– Pasi Ojala released a new demo for the VIC-20. This demo runs on a un-expanded VIC-20 with a disk drive. The music for this demo was made by Anders Carlsson. All the parts of the demo are explained on Pasi's web page, there is a NTSC and PAL version of the demo and the source codes are also available.Click here

– In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: News, Outro 2 End of the Beginning, Business Calculator, Listing of BIZCALC, Reader Information, Interview with Spiro Trikaliotis, Complete history of Lemmings, Retro Vision 2009, The rise and fall of the pulput BBS, MossyCon5 Report.Click here

– Arti made a Amiga OS3 version of the real-time strategy game Stratagus. It is possible to play against human opponents over LAN, internet or against the computer. Besides the Amiga OS3 version, there are also versions for Amiga OS4, MorphOS, MacOS X, BeOS, Linux and Windows. Stratagus is free and can be downloaded from Arti's web page.Click here

2009-04-27

– Jeri Ellsworth is going into the fashion business. Jeri developed a purse with a C64-DTV, LCD-screen and two joystick controllers. You can watch a video about the game-purse on the Engadget web page.Click here

– Michael Steil made a presentation about the C64. In this presentation Michael explains all details about the Commodore C64. This presentation is available as a video (64 min.) or as a Apple Keynote file (256 slides).Click here

– Antonio Diaz Diaz released an update for Lzip. Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm. This command line file compressor is available for AmigaOS, AmigaOS, AROS Linux, Mac OSX en Windows.Click here

– A new version of YAPE is available. In this release a couple of bug fixed and performance improvement. The changes are: Emulator optimization (up to 30% speed increase). Improved the tape system. Bug solved in the CPU level of the 1551. XP/Vista theme support restored. Solved a TED idle cycle read inaccuracy. The Plus/4 emulator can be downloaded from Attila's web page.Click here

– Thorsten Kattanek released a new version of his Emu64 emulator. Emu64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Windows. This emulators emulates the C64, 1541-II and the 1530. Besides the emulator there are also many tools included: Quick Freeze, SID dump, Debugger, 2 pass Cross assembler, SID player and LAN64. With LAN64 you can transfer data from your PC to your C64 with a special cable. Emu64 is freeware and is available for Windows 2000, XP and Vista.Click here

– Aros for AmigaOS (AfA) brings the components of AROS to AmigaOS 3. In version 4.4 the following items are changed: Fixed a bug in the screen title if skins are used. NewInstaller shows the pictures correctly. The DeletePool function is improved. AfA_OS_Libs, AfA_Prefs and AfA_OS_Loader are updated. Residentmodul morelibspace_module is added. The zune_lib.exe is updated. The documentation is updated.Click here

– The web page c64games.de has been updated. More than 40 games were added, and brings the total to more than 4800 games. A few examples of the newly added games are: Alien Blast I and II, Bundesliga Manager V2.5, Frogs and Motorways I and II, Power Force, Speccy Attack and Ultimate Combat Mission.Click here

– This is a conversion for the Commodore C64. The original was made for the Vectrex game console in 1982. The C64 version is written by Benson and Peiselulli, the music is made by Linus. Fortress of Narzod is a very addictive shoot 'm up game. Your goal is to get to the fortress. You have to destroy the enemy, but look where you shoot at…Click here

– Benjamin J. Heckendorn made a laptop of a Commodore C64. He used a modified C64c motherboard, original keyboard, 15" TFT screen and a 1541-III DTV. Ben also made the case for the laptop. The most work was to get the C64 motherboard and keyboard fit inside the laptop. Take a look at Ben's web page for all the details.Click here

– Bliep Bliep is an exhibition in the Belasting en Douane Museum in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). The exhibition is about the sound of computers such as: Pong, PacMan, Commodore 64, modem sounds etc. There are activities (for kids) and lectures. Entrance is free but you have to register first. (April 4th – September 27th 2009).Click here

– VirtualC64 is a C64 emulator for a Mac with OSX 10.5. This emulator is an open source project and it's written in C++. You can download the emulator but you have to provide the ROMs yourself.Click here

– Two new product are available from Individual computers. With the Indivision AGA you can use a modern monitor with the Amiga 4000 and CD-32. Indivision AGA can display PAL at more than 60Hz, flicker-free and 24 bits. The A600 memory expansion has 1M additional chipmem, real-time clock and a clockport. There is also a socket for installing Indivision ECS.Click here

– The Csabo's graphics editor has been updated to V0.63. This program can be used to make images or logos for the Plus/4 on a PC (Windows). In this version: Copy/paste in the current drawing mode. Fixed problems with pixels on right/bottom. Fixed problem with the drawing mode menu. Saving color maps in odd sizes is now working.Click here

– Merlin is a simple web browser for AmigaOS4 PPC, Amiga 68K, Apple macintosh and Windows made by Arend-Paul Spijkerman. It is a work in progress, CSS and JavaScript are implemented but not fully working.Click here

– This game is a Manic Miners style game with extra sub-games. It is programmed by Jason Fox and Adam Gilmore did the graphics and music. The game is actually more than 20 years old but was never released. You can now download and play the game.Click here

– SMSPlus is a Sega Master System (SMS) and Game Gear (GG) emulator for Amiga OS4. The SMS is a 8-bit game console developed by Sega in 1986. The GG is a hand-held portable hand-held console developed by Sega in 1990. This emulator supports all the hardware features of the consoles, all the video modes, the sound generator and has save states support.Click here

– SRec is a program for recording videos from your computer screen. It is done entirely in software and requires AmigaOS 4.1+. Features: Records video and audio. Outputs XviD or MJPEG encoded AVI files. Audio stream can be encoded as PCM or MP3. It can produce video 640×480 with 5 fps.Click here

– Not Even Human is a new game for the Commodore 64. The game is programmed by enthusi. The music is made by Conrad, Samar Productions and Viruz. And the graphics are done by ptoing, Prollcoder and Red Brand.Click here

– OmniFlop is a 'universal' floppy disk reader, writer, and tester for the PC which can handle floppy disk formats not normally supported by DOS, Windows and Linux. With OmniFlop it is possible to read and write Commodore 1581 diskettes. Omniflop can read more than 100 other floppy formats like: CMD FDD, Atari ST, Tandy CoCo, etc. The program is available for Windows from NT to Vista. Also a version for MS-DOS and Win-95 is available (OmniDisk).Click here

– A new version of Scalos is available for Amiga OS3.x/68k, Amiga OS4/PPC and MorphOS/PPC. Scalos is a workbench replacement for the Amiga computer. In this new version lost of bug fixes and improvements.Click here

– A new interface cable is developed for the Commodore disk drives. Besides the IEC disk drives (1541) this cable also supports the parallel IEEE-488 bus (8050). The XS-1541 is connected to the serial or USB interface of a PC. All commands are send with a terminal program on the PC. You can use any operating system (Linux, Amiga, Windows, DOS) if a terminal program is avalable.Click here

– A major problem with collecting old computers is that the computers get yellow. Many people tried to remove the yellow but without success. Last year a solution was found. The colouring can be removed with a mix of chemicals. Take a look at the web page for the details and examples.Click here

– ProTrekkr is a tracker program combining a software synthesizer together with a traditional samples tracker which can be used to create electronic music. This program is based on the program NoiseTrekker written by Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius. The program can be used to make music for small sized intros, demos or games. The Amiga OS4 version is made by Fredrik Wikstrom. ProTrekkr is also available for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.Click here

– The LCP (Little Computer People) party will be held on 17-19 July 2009 in Lund, Sweden. This party is for all C64, Amiga, Atari, Spectrum and console fans. In addition to the mighty compo, there will be lots of other party features in order to make LCP a mighty pleasant experience. You can expect demos on the bigscreen, game compos, DJ'ing, movies and much more.Click here

– A new edition of Amitopia TV is released. In this episode the following: Amiga News, The Mysterious Cities of Cold, MusicBox: PsyKicko, Pijanist, AmiReporters from Kiel, Warsaw and London. You can watch it via Vimeo as a stream or download the episode as a avi file (600 MB).Click here

– This is the second limiTED compo. limiTED is a on-line demo challenge, with three categories: 64 bytes, 128 bytes and 1024 bytes. And the program must run on a unmodified Commodore 264 series computer. You can send in your entries until April 4th 2009.Click here

– Robert Hurst made an improved version of his game Quickman. For this game, Quickman 8k, you will need an Commodore VIC-20 with an 8k memory expansion. You can also use the VICE emulator. The improved version has better (software) sprites and more more features. You can download the game, sources and the cartridge binaries.Click here

– PPOT will be performing at The Rock. The event is in Copenhagen, Denmark. The supporting act will be Reyn Ouwehand. Reyn is an internationally acclaimed performer and producer and the composer of famous tunes like Last Ninja 3 and Flimbo's Quest. Tickets are 150 Denmark Kroner or about 15 Euro's.Click here

– The Seuck vault has 6 new entries. For the Amiga two new games are added: Piequest and Lost Treasure. Both games were made by Ricky Derocher. And for the C64 there are 4 new games: Imaginator v3 by Richard Bayliss, Legion of the Damned by Anthony Burns, R-Type Reverse and Renevator both by Simon Peterson. All the games can be downloaded from the web page.Click here

– Giddy3 is a retro-style scrolling puzzle / platform game. As Giddy, the egg-shaped super hero, you must solve a load of puzzles. You will meet odd characters and use strange objects. But avoid the giant robot stompers! This game is available for AmigaOS 4, Windows and the Nintendo Wii.Click here

– Blok Copy is a new game for the PET / CBM written by T.M.R. Bizzmo and SLL helped with the music and graphics. Blok Copy is a puzzle game were you have to arrange tiles. The game can be played on a PET / CBM with 40 columns and 8 kbyte memory or with the VICE emulator. You can download the game or order the game on cassette or diskette.Click here

– Jeffrey Daniels made a new game for the (unexpanded) Commodore VIC-20. The game is called Ten-Ten and is a puzzle game. Your objective to align a universe of dots. The game is written in BASIC and uses a joystick to play.Click here

– Version 1.29 of the Minimig core for the C-One is available. With this version the hard disk option is now working for the Minimig. Tobias Gubener also improved the sync behaviour of the bridge between the C-One board and the extender card. This fixes start-up problems of the Minimig. Peter Wendrich made a technical document for the C-One. Peter is also working on the Chameleon project. Chameleon will be a cartridge for the Commodore 64 with: VGA, REU, Turbo, MMC/SD and disk drive emulation.Click here

– FAT40 and Orion made a VIC20 version of the game Island of Secrets. This is a adventure game and was originally written by Jenny Tyler and Les Howarth. To play the game you need VIC20 with a 24K RAM expansion or the VICE emulator. Besides the game itself also the manual, clues, map and the original book are available for download. As a bonus the adventure is in 40 columns!Click here

– A new version (2.0) of ctorrent is available for download. This is a client for the BitTorrent p2p-network. Changes in this version are: New layout, The drag'n'drop issue is fixed, Total download and upload statistics are added, Horizontal resize of window added. To use ctorrent you need AmigaOS4.Click here

– Aleksi Eeben and Kweepa developed a game for the Commodore VIC-20. It is a enhanced version of the 1K game Whack. Find your way through the dungeon levels and bring the Amulet back to the surface. Watch out for fierce guardian Demons and other creatures living in the dungeons. The game can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 or with the VICE emulator. You can use keys (ZXOK) or a joystick.Click here

– Old ICs are harder to get. The solution would be to make new ones. But now there is a alternative. The web page FPGA Arcade has developed an 28 pin module with an FPGA. This FPGA can be programmed to simulate hardware. Arnim Läuger makes programs for this module and has now made a PLA for the Commodore C64. You can buy a programmed module or buy an empty one and program it yourself. You can find lots of other FPGA information on this web page too.Click here

– AmigaSYS 4 is now available for the Xbox. The AmigaSYS is a fully pre-configured AmigaOS system. To install, you'll need an original AmigaOS CD. The AmigaSYS pack contains every important program, which could be required by the user. Besides the Xbox version the SYS 4 package is also available for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Linux, MacOS, PDA and Windows.Click here

– In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: News, Tap file creation, Interviews with: Tom Rogers, Shaun Mc Manus and Robert Hurst. The "Brain" Micro uIEC, Mossycon5, In the beginning 10, On the Road by Robert Bernardo, DCN-2692 Floppy Controller, Robert Hurst Programmer's Delight and the Quikman Source code.Click here

– The Bonami game-computer museum organises a retro computer fair. There will be many exhibitors who sell games, consoles, computers and much more. The fair is in Harderwijk, the Netherlands on 4 April 2009. The entrance is 1 euro. Go to the Bonami web page for all the details.Click here

– There is an update for Amiblitz3 available. In this update: Alpha version of NTUI. Added image_Filter. Bugfixes here and there. Alpha verison of midimod.include. Improved strptr.include. Added useful.include. Added v43+.definitions.bb2. Visit the web page for all the details.Click here

– The 50th "Golden" edition of Vandalism is available. This English disk magazine from Onslaught and Wrath Designs has the following articles: Headline news, The Awards, World of Demos, Less is More, The mini Awards, Vicious Routines, Chameleon, 1541U, Cracker's map, Anything goes, State and fate, X2008, Oxyron 2008, Silesia and BFP. Interviews with Andreas Larsson, Tricket and iAN CooG.Click here

– The Retro Computer Dag is the largest retro computer event in the Netherlands. On this day (29 April 2009) you can buy all sorts of games, consoles and computers. Examples are: Atari, Commodore, Amiga, Sinclair, Philips, Sharp, MSX, BBC, Amstrad, New Brain, Intellivision, Vectrex, Coleco, Nintendo, Sega, Dreamcast and Sony Playstation 1. Free entrance and free parking! Visit the web page of the Retro Computer Dag for all the details.Click here

– Nate Lawson is working on a X1541 cable that has a USB connection. With the xum1541 and the OpenCBM software it is possible to transfer data to and from a 1541 disk drive and a modern PC. It supports high-speed parallel cables, so you can use nibtools and make low-level images from a diskette. The xum1541 is based on a Atmel developers board and a small pcb for connecting the 1541 disk drive.Click here

– A new version of Yape is available for download. In this version of the Plus/4 emulator the following changes: CPU watch frame in monitor window. File association via the menu now works under Vista. Solved sound reset problem for save states. Ironed out a joystick set-up bug. A few bugs fixed when recording to tape. There is also a 64-bit Windows version available.Click here

– If you always wanted to know how an Amiga game ended but couldn't get to the end? You can now watch the game as a video. On the web page of Recorded Amiga Game there are more than 500 high quality videos available for download.Click here

– The Mega-Cart is a collection of games (179), handy utilities (24) and a software-configurable 32K RAM expansion. It can be used with the Commodore VIC-20 (PAL and NTSC). The Mega Cart is in production and shipping starts in February. You can order it for USD 99.95 from the web page.Click here

– KEGS is a emulator of the Apple IIGS computer, running on many different platforms, including the Amiga. KEGS emulates the 65816 processor, 5.25" and 3.5" disk-drives, Apple II sound and all Apple IIgs graphics modes. Keyboard, mouse and joystick are supported. For KEGS you need Amiga OS 4.x and the ROM images from an Apple IIgs.Click here

– SJLOAD is a C64/C64DTV software fast loader. It works with Jiffy-enabled disk drives and uses the Jiffy protocol. SJLOAD speed is about 15% faster than a normal Jiffy kernal. SJLOAD is loosely based on VDOS by Edward Carroll and improved by 1570.Click here

– Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of his web browsers for the Amiga. In this new version: Implemented the context menus for AmigaOS 4.x. Increased the number of items in the pop-up menu. AmigaOS 4.x port of OWB Galekid. The new version can be downloaded from the web page of Jörg.Click here

– Robert Hurst has released an new version of his game Quickman. Quickman is a Pacman clone for the Commodore VIC-20 (no memory expansion). Robert made the folowing improvements: Change the character graphics to reduce flickering. Fixed the number of lives remaining. Fixed a software interrupt. Reverse monsters direction after swallowing a power pill. Improved quikman's death sequence. Added a cheat key to advance to the next fruit level. You can download the game and the complete source code from Roberts web blog.Click here

There is a new version of the MUI based TextEditor. The features are: Colored text. WYSIWYG for bold, italic and underline. Multi-level undo and redo. Full clipboard support (cut and paste). Support for external spell checkers. AREXX interface for scripted programming and much more. TextEditor.mcc can be used with AmigaOS 3.0 or MorphOS.Click here

– The web page GTW 64 (Games That Weren't) has discovered more games. Slideways made by Simon Birrell is the game that TRAZ should have been. The Gamma Strike game is fixed. An level-editor has been added to the game Lethal Xcess. And two more games Artic Moves and Blond Blubber were added to the collection.Click here

– Kerm1t released a new sprite editor called 7up Sprite Editor v2.0. This sprite editor can be used on a Windows computer to generate sprites for the Commodore Different 16 color palette. Copy and Paste. More than 8 sprites and HiRes palette.Click here

SView5 is based on a object orientated module with many classes for processing images. With SView5 you can view, converter and edit images. SView5 is also a screen-grabber, it has ARexx support, GUI, online-help and many external tools. SView5 needs AmigaOS 3.1.0 or better.Click here

– For the owners of the C-One there is another update for the Minimig core. Version V1.21 makes use of the large memory chip on the FPGA extender: In addition to 2M Chipmem and 1M fake-fast memory, there's now another 8M fastmem usable from any program, resulting in a total of 11 megabytes of usable memory. The update also fixes a few memory-timing problems, so any startup-problems should finally be a thing of the past. You will need the FPGA extender card if you want to use the Minimig core.Click here

– The web page Amiga Games That Weren't is searching for lost games. Besides the 5000 officially released games for the Amiga there were many games that didn't make it into the shops. This time the team found 4 more games that didn't make it: Harold the Hairy Hermit, Four mystery games from One Step Beyond, FLOWER and Dragon. You can read more about the games on the web page of aGTW.Click here